4 Sovereign Borrowing Cost and the Data Dissemination Initiative

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Mr. William E. Alexander

Mr. William E. Alexander
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Mr. John Cady

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Mr. Jesus R Gonzalez-Garcia

Mr. Jesus R Gonzalez-Garcia
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Keywords:: BOOK; market efficiency benefit; GDDS participation; SDDS subscriber; SDDS requirement; SDDS coefficient estimate; SDDS subscription; Special Data Dissemination Standard (SDDS); Data dissemination; Credit ratings; Emerging and frontier financial markets; Global

Abstract

“Nothing would help improve standards more than if countries that met higher standards were rewarded with lower borrowing costs”